I am blessed by being surrounded by extraordinary creative, skilled and supportive beings. This morning I type this as the Authentic Artist Asylum warms up above a pub in South London. I look on as visual artists, poets, vocal specialists,…
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Where There’s a Will, there’s a much easier way
Today is the anniversary of my mother’s death, and the end of a year dealing with selling her house, dealing with the court of protection, a will created 45 years ago, and a convoluted legal process made no easier by…
Try TRI – Three Referral Inspiration
Last week I offered my blog reader a wonderful use of a tin of beans. This week I want to share something which I picked up at the same meeting of the Stowmarket Chamber to help us all as we…
A really bad presentation… We all have bad days
I’ve given hundreds of presentations and even now I can have a bad “here” day. Something happens and your brain scrambles. I started this morning with a clear idea of what I wanted to get across. A good start. A…
A TIN Of BEANS reduces backstrain…
Wearied from watching the decision of the Scottish people since 2am, I went off to Stowmarket Chamber Breakfast at 06:45 where I was surrounded by inspirational champions of business and enterprise. We each did 60 seconds on our business and…
Scottish Thinking Environment Referendum
I have just finished re-reading the amazing work by Nancy Kline “Time To Think” in which she lays out a simple process to ignite the human mind. I have used much of her teaching in my own CGO Surgeries and…
Coaching – Exploring the power of Skype
I am a convert to Skype & Facetime for very personal and private coaching sessions. I was meeting with one of our mentors, Paul Oertel, yesterday as he prepares for the UK Discipline of Freedom courses, and on the same…
Edinburgh Blog 5.5 – Shows I will miss
Each year I leave the festival with a small pile of leaflets for shows I would love to have seen. They are usually linked to people I have met at the Fringe Promoters breakfast or my CGO Surgeries. I will…
Edinburgh 5 – Biscuit jess, York 2015, & Space support
A pleasure this morning to be invited to Space by Karl Bevis to meet companies for a drop in discussion about their shows, their creativity, and the festival – now entering the pain threshold mid-marathon point for some, and the…
Edinburgh 4 – Book Launch, Iceland, Cambridge & Singles
I’m delighted that “Your Life in Theatre” is now out, the Edinburgh Brooke’s Bar croissants have been polished off, a pile of books have sold to creative colleagues and guests to the launch, and I’ve been signing. A lovely way…